Ukraine is waiting for the fourth tranche of the U.S. government-secured $1 billion. “Along with the proposal on technical assistance we hope to continue cooperation in getting the new U.S. government-secured $1 billion. The credit guarantees are used to settle urgent needs of the budget and they are provided at very low rates after the…
The government is making all necessary steps to ensure that over the next 4-5 years Ukraine could become a country with a strong national economy, Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman announced during the opening ceremony of electrical equipment and automotive parts plant of the Fujikura company in the Lviv region. The Prime Minister stressed…
In August large and medium-sized enterprises produced 11.5 KMT of margarine against 15.7 KMT in the previous month. August volume was almost in line with production in August 2015 (11.6 KMT). The lag is only 0.1 KMT, which is minimal in January-August. Since the beginning of 2016 (January-August) Ukrainian enterprises produced 108.2 KMT against 128.8…
The last week of September has come to the end with moderately warm weather conditions and low amount of precipitations. Average air temperature was within +9.5 ..+13.9 C, down by 1-6 C from the norm. In the northern regions temperature of upper soil layer lowered to -2 C in some places. Precipitations did not replenish…
Ukraine and Netherlands agreed to strengthen cooperation in the sphere of internal waterways development and port infrastructure. According to the results of meetings with Ministry representatives and Ambassador of Netherlands in Ukraine, agreements were reached concerning the visits of responsible Ukrainian ministry representatives to the Netherlands so as to gain experience in internal waterways management.…
On October 3, Ukraine and Korea held a sitting of the joint governmental commission for trade and economic cooperation. First Deputy Economic Development and Trade Minister Yulia Kovaliv posted this on her Facebook page. “I’ve opened the Ukrainian-Korean business forum. Main messages for the Korean business: the Ukrainian government is open for investors and business,…
On September 26 – October 2, Ukraine exported 1.02 million tons of grains from the seaports, against 648.4 thousand tons on the previous week. In particular, wheat shipments reached 804 thousand tons, barley – 153.8 thousand tons, and corn – 65.7 thousand tons. (APK-Inform/Business World Magazine)